# SRI LANKA WOMEN'S SWIMMING PROJECT

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1129236
- **Other names:** SRI LANKA WSP
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** April 21, 2009
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1129236


## Contact

- **Address:** 23 Waterside, KNARESBOROUGH
- **Postcode:** HG5 8DE
- **Phone:** 07590983713
- **Email:** icanswimcanyou@mac.com
- **Website:** www.icanswimcanyou.com



## Activities

**Objects:** THE PROVISION OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF TRAINING AND SWIMMING FACILITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF SRI LANKA, IN PARTICULAR WOMEN AND YOUNG GIRLS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR CULTURAL NEEDS.

**Activities:** Crises in Sri Lanka leave the Project locally in a state of suspension. However, through our presentations at the UN WHO/ILS World Conferences on Drowning Prevention, most recently in Egypt Nov 2025, we continue to pioneer advancing  Float-and-Breathe as the single most important skill for non- swimmers to learn first, which is being taken up globally by  RNLI, RLSS and  International Life Saving.

**Area of benefit:** SRI LANKA




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, Amateur Sport, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Sri Lanka



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 1, 2025 | £0 | £196 | — | — |
| Jan. 1, 2024 | £0 | £296 | — | — |
| Jan. 1, 2023 | £0 | £216 | — | — |
| Jan. 1, 2022 | £0 | £216 | — | — |
| Jan. 1, 2021 | £1200 | £155 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **CHRISTINA FONFE BEM** (Chair)
- CAROLYN MARTIN
- WING COMMANDER MICHAEL DC FONFE' MBE